SUMMARY

• Has 13+ years of IT work experience on Software QA covering leading & testing of Financial, Telecom and Web applications.
• Over 4+ years of Guidewire QA exposure as both Manual & Automation testing.
• Working as Senior Test Automation Engineer with Confidential since May 2013
• Worked as Senior Test Engineer with Confidential since June 2009.
• Worked with major clients like Confidential (UK) and Franklin Templeton, Confidential, Confidential Corporation (US) at client locations.
• Experience in Agile Methodologies.
• Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Led the testing team through all phases of testing life cycle.
• Coordinated on site - offshore testing models.
• Designing Test Automation Framework with hands on Data & Keyword driven Approach using QTP UFT or Selenium Webdriver.
• Hands on VB scripting and Java coding.
• Hands on creating modular, reusable, maintainable function library and also creating structured object repository
• Hands on complete test automation life cycle from designing frameworks through maintenance phase of Guidewire suite.
• Enhance existing test suite, build useful utility scripts supporting faster testing.
• Hands on building, mentoring and leading automation teams. Train manual/BA team to efficiently use automation suite by creating friendly user guide.
• Hands on POC and ROI.
• Client facing, Meeting BAs to understand complex requirements and derive automation scope based on functional and business criticality.
• Manual Testing involving Black Box Test Scenario Designs and Test Case Generation, Test execution, defect reporting. Experience in all phases of test life cycle till defect closure.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automated Testing Tools: Win Runner 7.2, QTP 7.6/8.2/9.0/9.2/10/11, UFT 11.5, 14.02 (HP Unified Functional Testing), Selenium Webdriver.

Test Management Tools: BugZilla, Test Director Quality Center 7.6/9.0/10. JIRA

Languages: C, C++, SQL, Java, Visual Basic.

Scripting Languages: VBScript, Java Script

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP/Vista/7, UNIX and Linux.

Web Content Management tool: Teamsite, Stellent

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed Test Automation for Confidential
• Managed manual & automation testing for Confidential Farms Insurance
• Managed manual & automation testing for Confidential

Confidential

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed Test Automation projects for Confidential, Confidential .
• Manual testing for Confidential applications.

Confidential - Marietta PA

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate Proof of concept and ROI for test automation.
• Provide Test Automation solution with Selenium Webdriver for ClaimCenter9 new functionalities.
• Design and develop data driven framework using Selenium Webdriver.
• Create ClaimsEngine to create FNOL claims for all LOBs for any loss cause.
• Develop robust automation regression suite to execute over main and sub releases. Monitored and Maintained regression suite.
• Develop End to End scripts which include FNOL, create Exposure & reserves, make payment and recovery.
• Data seeding activity by creating various types of Claims for different team.
• Developed scripts to trigger all validations, activities and documents.
• Automated sprint defects identified for Automation after testing it manually for Claim center.

Confidential - Pocatello

Responsibilities:

• Involved in overall Test Automation data driven framework using Selenium Webdriver.
• Fine-tuned GgeneratePolicy module.
• Automated sprint defects identified for Automation after testing it manually for Billing center.
• Monitored regression health checkup and Maintained regression suite.
• Data seeding activity by creating various types of policy on PC
• Automated Partial and Full cancel delinquencies.
• Automated write off scenarios.
• Automated renewals, cancellations and reinstatements.
• Automated Claim center end to end scenarios which creates policy in PC.
• Automated GenertaeClaim for FNOL
• Automated recovery flows like Subrogation and Salvage.
• Automated Check issue workflows, Activity work flows, reserve approval activities.
• Ran the scripts parallelly on selenium webdriver GRID to speed up test execution.

Confidential - Jacksonville FL

Responsibilities:

• Designed overall Test Automation data driven framework.
• Designed Policy Engine which is heart of frame work widely used to trigger and test validation messages, Underwriter issues, rating testing.
• Redesigned existing WLM testing for efficiency.
• Developed Utility scripts to Split and merge data sheets to run tests on several machines
• Developed Scripts to run in Production to correct defects in policy center through dummy policy change. Carried out multiple demo sessions to stake holders to demonstrate the results.
• Developed Re-pop Script to get bulk of policies.
• Built robust BC regression suite that simulates real time policy life cycle with Clock movement.
• Built robust Claim Center Regression which are self-data creating end to end tests.
• Built user friendly scripts for CAT prep training team.
• Built rating scripts to validate Rating engine using GW policy center.
• Created Data Seeding scripts that various teams can create their own data for manual testing at a click of a button.
• Mentored manual testers to efficiently run regression on mini and major releases.
• Involved in release and Sprint planning to understand automation scope and change requests that call for our script maintenance.
• Worked with manual testers to capture inputs for automation scripting.
• Worked with development teams to incorporate changes to non-production environments (user id and run jobs).
• Provided quick and efficient smoke tests for SIT upgrades and server moves.
• Done POC for using Selenium Webdriver as automation tool and demonstrated its efficiency over UFT.
• Created E2E TestNG tests for Billing Center critical functionalities like Delinquencies, auto reinstatements, Cancellations, Invoices, Payments, partial payments, renewals.
• Created E2E TestNG Smoke tests for all Center which creates a policy in the policy center, makes down payment in billing center and creates a claim and issues a check.
• Developed object repository using Properties file with access locator details.
• Designed all the page classes and methods to act on page objects.
• Designed utility classes to resolve test environments, browser.
• Managed and mentored a team of 8 in offshore.

Environment: Windows 7/8, GuideWire 7.0, Insbridge, Thunderhead, Gosu, Java, Oracle, UFT 11.52, QTP11, ALM11/Quality Center 10, Rally & Agile Methodology, Selenium Webdriver.

Confidential - Dallas TX

Test Automation Engineer/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Understand the existing manual test process and provide a proof of concept to automate application under test with Selenium Webdriver and highlight the effort saved.
• Design data driven framework to suite screen comparison tests and user friendly spread sheet results to pin point the discrepancy after screen comparison.
• Create properties file to store object locators.
• Designed page classes based on POM and defined methods to use in TestNG tests.
• Setup offshore automation lab and team, co-ordinate the requirements based on discussions with BAs and stakeholder.
• Mange the automation team to achieve the key mile stones successfully.
• Implement test suite on cloud environment that removes hardware dependency for the end user.
• Provide knowledge transfer to by preparing the automation user guide.
• Managed and mentored a team of 3 in offshore.
• Support the teams using the test suite during monthly releases during maintenance period.

Environment: Win XP, Win 7, Selenium Webdriver.

Confidential - Saint Paul MN

Responsibilities:

• System study & feasibility of Automation with QTP.
• Design automation frame work with data driven approach.
• Determine and script library functions for reusability and good maintenance.
• Derive scripts for functional flow.
• Manage object repository/descriptive Programming.
• Design user friendly results spreadsheet to view and analyze test results
• Test Plan and Automation/Manual Traceability Matrix preparation.

Environment: Win XP, Win 7, QTP V11, and QC 10.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Enhance the existing QTP automation suite to accommodate new CRs.
• Build strong regression pack.
• Redesign automation frame work for improved performance with data driven approach.
• Determine and script library functions for reusability and good maintenance.
• Derive scripts for functional flow for new CRs.
• Manage object repository.
• Design user friendly results spreadsheet to view and analyze test results.

Environment: Win XP, QTP V10, and QC 10.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• System study & Analysis of the product functionality
• Derive high level scenarios from the available documentation for complete functional requirement.
• Test Plan and Traceability Matrix preparation.
• Test case scripting, test data preparation, test case execution.
• Defect logging and defect management.
• Distribute the daily task among team based on the priority.
• Regular follow up of test progress and defect retests.
• Report the test status on daily basis with blocking issues.
• Participate in defect review meetings.
• Identified scope for test automation and demonstrated the feasibility and efficiency
• To design the automation framework for reusability, modularity and easy maintaining of the scripts
• Scrip for reusable and frequently used library functions.
• Managed objects with DP(Descriptive Programming)
• Library function and script generation for function flows
• Test execution and reporting results

Environment: Win XP, QTP V10, and QC 10.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Enhance the existing QTP automation suite to accommodate new CRs.
• Build strong regression pack.
• Redesign automation frame work for improved performance with data driven approach.
• Determine and script library functions for reusability and good maintenance.
• Derive scripts for functional flow for new CRs.
• Manage object repository.
• Design user friendly results spreadsheet to view and analyze test results.

Environment: Win XP, QTP V10, and QC 10.